Northern Lights - Philip Pulman

I remember first picking up this book when recommended by my Mum (I think just before HP4) I needed a good book to fill the gap before the next Harry Potter book and my goodness this lived up to it.

I was probably 10 or 11 at the time of first reading and now I'm 19 and I still feel that adventure, that fear and excitement, on behalf of Lyra Belacqua (now Silvertongue). I adored this re-read especially as I haven't read the physical copy for years, instead just listening to the slightly abridged version on tape.
The tiny call forwards to the story to come, the hidden commentary of Pulman's on the modern world and the tiny nuances that separate the world of Lyra to ours (and indeed Will's).

However, I've got to learn how to read for more than 30 mins at a time again, I keep falling asleep.

5/5